The WORK series is a cycle of independent films that seek to create an ongoing document of the American worker. Taking inspiration from Studs Terkel and Frederick Wiseman, the WORK films are entertaining and empowering, spectacular and mundane, amusing and redemptive.

Today documentary cameras are everywhere. Yet no one is capturing how we spend the majority of our lives, year after year, day after day, hour after hour – in other words, the record of how we work.

Using a timeless cinéma vérité aesthetic, independent filmmaker Daniel Kraus captures the sights, sounds, and textures of different American jobs, without the accompaniment of interviews or a musical score. Each chapter reveals the surprising, engaging, even redemptive routines of hard-working men and women across the country.

Although each film is humble in its approach, seen as a whole the WORK series is epic in scope, creating a significant historical document of modern American life.

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM DIRECTOR DANIEL KRAUS: "The Work Series is on indefinite hiatus while I work to complete various writing projects. I look forward to returning to these documentaries in a few years to profile a number of fascinating women. In the meantime, the store is closed. Thank you so much for your enthusiam for this series."